Music Monday
And it came to pass that Monday shall be known as Music Monday, (aka: Music to Big Ring to) and it was good.
A chat with Jonny Sundt, Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling Team
Whenever I have to describe Pro road racing to a non cyclist the thing they can not wrap their head around is how much of a team sport it is. For every rider on the podium there is an army of flogged lieutenants barely among the living in the team car that got them there. [...]
This Bicycle is Made of Skin!
Music of the Big Ring
After reading the Brother Swindlehurst interview I downloaded some TK Webb and as usual his recomendation is spot on. It got me thinking about riding and music. When I am at a solo service I usually have my iPod with me and I find inspiriation and strength in the tunes I rock. Music is a very personal thing and [...]
An Interview With Burke Swindlehurst, Bissell Pro Cycling Team
The Church of The Big Ring embraces cycling in all its forms. That said, we hold a special spot at the altar for the Pro racer. The amount of training and suffering it takes to reach the upper echelons of the sport are both inspiring and daunting. Probably more than any other professional sport, the [...]
An Interview With Jonathan Morrison, Salt Lake City Bike Collective
What could be more Big Ring that getting more people and kids on bikes? Not much. Many think the Big Ring only applies to racing. Not true. Many people talk about making the world a better place but only true Big Ringers actually do it. One such person is Jonathan Morrison, Executive Director of the [...]
Blaze is Coming….
You have been warned.
7 Sins
Lust: The newest carbon widget will not make you faster. Knowing the weight in grams of every component at Competitive Cyclist does not make you informed, it makes you the Rainman. You don’t want end up like this man. Gluttony: A sin of excess. Do you sit at the front the entire group ride in [...]
End of Days
The only good news from this story is that no one was hurt. It saddens my soul to think a bicycle could be used for such a senseless act. If this keeps up how long before the Dept. of Homeland Security (in an effort to find ways waste money and rob our liberty) rounds all the messengers wearing hoodies [...]
Bad Joke
Whoops! When I wrote the post “A Tour of Californee” I was pretty sure anyone who actually watched that stage would take it as intended, with extreme sarcasm (which does not play out well in print). Brother Creed showed some huge stones on Stage 7 of ATOC. Sorry Mike no ill intent was meant. If [...]